I should still be, compared to her, as a sign-painting to a Titian.

For a long time now I have cared naught for clothes.

I used greatly to respect their power, but they have done _me_ no good; and so my reverence for them is turned into indifference and contempt.
I think that I must be late.

Roger went down some minutes ago, at my request, so that there might be _one_ representative of the family in time.
I hasten down-stairs, fastening my last bracelet as I go, and open the drawing-room door.

I was wrong.